Penholder



(No Model.) A. J. BEAMS.

PENHOLDER.

Patented Ju ie 16, 1896.

kNDREW B.GRAHAM PHOTO LrmQwAsNlNGTON NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. REAMS, OF l/VICHITA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TQ FRANK E. POTTS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,341, dated June 16, 1896.. Application filed February 28, 1895. Serial No. 540,015. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. REAMs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at \"Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, and the figures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a hand with my improved penholder, showing the position of the pen while in use. Fig. 2 is a side view of my improved penholder, showing the relative position between the pen and penholder. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the lips for holding the pen. Fig. 4 is a plate from which the ferrule is made in the manner shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail of the handle, showing how it is grooved out to receive the pen. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the construction shown in Fig. 5, taken through the penholding-section.

This invention relates to certain improvements in penholders, adapted to hold the pen in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and it consists in the construction of a holder for holding the pen in the position shown, to form an obtuse angle, at the point where the top side of the pen enters the penholder and the object of this invention is to provide a penholder to hold the pen in a proper position, thus preventing the point of the pen from sticking in the paper, and still allow the-user to hold his hand in a more natural and easy position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the penholder.

2 represents the pen.

tion of the holder which holds the said fer- 5 rule, and is gouged out on the desired incline at 6 and 7, as represented in Fig. 5, for the purpose of holding the pen on an angle from the holder at 7. The said gouged-out portion forms a shoulder for the end of the pen to abut against. The pen is slipped in between the lips 4 and the gouged-out portion 6, where it is firmly held in position for use by the said lips 41:. 18 represents the point where the top of the pen enters the penholder, forming an obtuse angle.

It will readily be seen that by the use of this holder the hand will not have to be held in the cramped position to throw the penholder over far enough toward the paper to place the point of the pen properly on the paper to prevent it from sticking into the paper. Thus the pen will last much longer, and the user can write better and easier, be-

cause of the natural and easy position of the hand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

, A penholder having its outer end cut away on the under side, to form a concave groove slanting up toward the end of the holder, in combination with a ferrule surrounding the end of the holder, and turned inward on its lower side to hold the pen within the groove.

ANDREW J BEAMS. Witnesses:

L. E. POTTER, N. B. HAGIN. 

